548 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a meeting (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the practice whereby the Irish judicial system routinely arranged for women to be sent to a Magdalene laundry upon receiving a suspended sentence or upon being given probation; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that such a practice had no statutory basis; if he will confirm that despite the awareness of this fact, his Department never informed the women that they could have left the Magdalene laundries at any time; if he will produce court records for every woman so referred; if he will contact the religious congregations who ran these Magdalene laundries and ensure that they provide full access to the relevant records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48572/09]

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548 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a meeting (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the practice whereby the Irish judicial system routinely arranged for women to be sent to a Magdalene laundry upon receiving a suspended sentence or upon being given probation; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that such a practice had no statutory basis; if he will confirm that despite the awareness of this fact, his Department never informed the women that they could have left the Magdalene laundries at any time; if he will produce court records for every woman so referred; if he will contact the religious congregations who ran these Magdalene laundries and ensure that they provide full access to the relevant records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48572/09]

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